Sunday, March 29, 2015

Earlier this week....

Moms of little ones know that no where in the house is private. If I even shut the bathroom door for just a moment kids freak out like I left the country. Seriously, it's like they have a 6th sense about it they will come running the moment I shut the door.

So I was using the bathroom and baby Canary was having a blast taking a tampon that was on the floor and putting it through the tube of a toilet paper roll. She was having a blast so when I was finished I picked her, the tampon, and the toilet paper roll up put her in the room I was doing school work in with the older kids and she was happy for a good 20 minutes.

Yup, I am that mom that will let her baby play with tampons and toilet paper!

Put it in, take it out - so fun!

Put it in then....

lift up and shake to watch the tampon come back out!

Rewind

About 4 years ago when Owl or Duck were toddlers they got into a Costco size box of tampons. They would unwrap them then "shoot" them out of the applicator like a bombs all over the house. I really needed them out of my hair at the moment so I let them ruin an entire box of tampons. It was seriously worth the money though because they stayed busy for 2 hours playing war games with them.

KNOCK! KNOCK! ~ The gas man arrived, Imagine the look on his face as he stepped over the many piles of tampons and wrappers all over the house. I laughed and said to him "my little ones got into them and are quite happy and out of my hair" I shrugged. He laughed!

So new Moms, got a cranky toddler? Throw them some personal hygiene products and they will be happy for hours.

******RIGHT NOW******

Poor baby C is sick and clingy and I am getting nothing done today. Then I got out the wooden blocks that baby C has never played with. ( remembering her joy earlier this week with the tampon and toilet paper roll)

Dowel and a block with a hole, just like the tampon and toilet paper role but safer and less expensive!

A different block that fits the dowel.

Then I found this little blue block so I gave her a pen to put through the holes ( under supervision of course.)

Look how much laundry I was able to fold ( 3 loads) while she was happily playing with her wood dowels and blocks with holes. This is real life so you may see actual underwear, it is clean and folded though!! She was entertained for almost 45 minutes (which is quite a long time for a toddler.)

So a quick google search for tampons and toilet paper lead me to this blogger click HERE

Friday, March 20, 2015

After buying a farm at an auction last summer and moving in during the first week of November I have had quite a hard time keeping my head above water.

The house was not move in ready it needs a lot of work.

What we have done over the winter:

1. Paint all 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom.

2. Painted 1/2 the kitchen ( working on that presently) I usually do not like green but I LOVE these green walls and cannot wait to make it look like a Mexican kitchen.

This makes me happy :)

Still working on the yellow for the other side of the room.

3. Got the new heated floors in and ripped out old heating system in the east wing! ( the house in not a mansion but it is LONG and I joked the first day we moved in about the long hallway with bookshelves and bedrooms being the east wing.)

4. Put down all new wood flooring in the East wing.

5 Had a new well dug.

6. Put in a whole house filtration system

7 Cleaned up lots of debris left all over 15 acres! ( still working on that)

( some near the barn, Garage and back of the house)

8 Unpacked 2/3 of our stuff

9. Ripped out some kitchen cupboards and appliances that were built in.

There is so much that needs to be done, not only are we trying to get the house ready and in a happy livable condition ( the mess and chaos is driving me MAD) but we are trying to get the outbuildings ready for animals and the land ready for planting. We are building a chicken coop to house over 100 laying hens as well. We not only bought a house but we are going to try and make a living at organic, ethical farming.

The mission statement I came up with last night:

Providing happy healthy meat and veggies ( yes our veggies will be happy, lol) because you are what you eat!

Some of our seeds trays germinating on my kitchen counter.

Okay, yes it sounds weird and will most likely NOT be the actually mission statement but seriously you are what you eat and what your animals eat.

I bought a handful of ducks to try out their eggs. Nature made them cute for a reason beacause they are dirty, smelly messy creatures! I cannot wait to get them out of my house!

Falcon will is working on a duck house right now.

So friends if you do not see me this summer or I have no time for you, please do not take it personal I am actually BUSY!

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Money, a yummy traditional candy,and Canary's Mexican baby name we named Maria Gonzalez

Sugar skull, my favorite!

Can't wait to get the farmhouse kitchen done now. I want the kitchen to look bright and fun with a Mexican flair.

This is the color I am putting on the kitchen walls. (This is a local fused glass studio) I color matched it, bought the paint and it is ready to go up tonight!

My painting jeans - all colors so far from the new house. Soon they will be yellow and orange too!

I Painted the ceiling at the new house, and hope to get to the wall this week.

We are listening to Mr . Poppers Penguins right now on audio from the library and as I was painting today Duck says to me "Hey you are just like Mr. Popper." (I wish I could hire Mr. Popper to do this right now, I do not care for painting and I really am not very good at it, mainly because I rush ( then drip paint) or roll the paint to this because I do not want to keep going back to the paint tray.

We worked on the old house getting it ready to paint and after painting there.One room mostly done

My favorite glass globe fell directly on my face when I was dusting it. I literally saw stars when it came down on my face. It busted open my skin and left quite the lump.

Baby Birds In My Nest

Falcon - age 17 Junior in CollegeHe attends a local University and is majoring in Communication. Now a Korean certified black belt in Taekwondo. He likes playing video games like all boys and has fun playing with paper money on the stock market.

Robin - age 11 grade (7)This was the first bird she was able to identify at 2.5 yrs old. She loves worms just as much as the robin. She has a fantastic memory and is very sweet and caring. She loves horses and takes English riding lessons. She is obsessed with Sea turtles and all things ocean right now.

Duck-age 9 grade (4)My most difficult bird, he keeps me on my toes. He has a very Jekyll/ Hyde personality.Stole his sisters stuffed duck as soon as he could crawl and adopted it his. Loves polar bears more than any other animal. He is super active and loves hard work outside. You can usually find him 30 feet up in a tree.

Owl- age 8 grade( 4)My silent observer. He loves to cuddle and be right next to Mama bird at all times he learns very quickly and is super cuddly. Loves nature and is always picking up animals and bugs. He is the family hugger!

Canary - Age 3 ( preschool)

Loves music, dancing and singing. If there is no music on she will make her own and dance to her own beat.